Phylogenetic relatedness and proboscis length contribute to structuring bumblebee communities in the extremes of abiotic and biotic gradients

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 577-585

  Pellissier, Loïc ^a   Pradervand, Jean Nicolas ^a   Williams, Paul H ^b   Litsios, Glenn ^a   Cherix, Daniel ^a   Guisan, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alps; Bombus; Clustering; Elevation gradient; Environmental filtering; Limiting similarity; Phylogenetic diversity

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE;

ALPS; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84876338262     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12026     Document Type: Article

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